History

History at Weber State

Weber State’s history degree broadens your worldview, helping you understand how significant events, cultures and people shaped our world while gaining valuable research and analytical skills for your future career.

History Highlights

Weber State history majors have a wide range of elective courses to choose from and numerous scholarships to help you earn your degree. Our courses cover how politics, warfare, theology, literature, environment and family life have changed over time.

You’ll be able to conduct original research, analyze and evaluate sources, write clearly, and evaluate social dynamics. History graduates have the research and analytical skills to begin their career or graduate studies. Weber State’s history department, along with the Weber Historical Society, regularly invites historians to campus to lecture on topics from across the globe and around the state.

Beyond the Classroom

WSU’s German Exchange Program offers History Majors study abroad credit at the prestigious University of Tübingen in Germany. After graduation, our alumni go on to rewarding careers in law, business, journalism, management, teaching, publishing and more.

Elizabeth Hatch

Class of 2024

"Choosing to study history at Weber State University changed my academic and professional career. While studying, I presented my work at conferences, learned valuable skills that set me apart from my peers, and built professional connections that have helped me work with the Museums at Union Station here in Ogden and the Utah State Historical Society. The faculty I worked with helped me grow as a historian and, even after graduation, have been amazing resources in my work and preparation for a Graduate program!"

Coleman Baker

Class of 2020

"Finishing my program at Weber State through the History Department contributed to my development as a critical historian. The rigor of the courses forced me to think about history analytically and to take multiple perspectives. Looking back, I know the excellent faculty helped prepare me for my career as an educator."

What You’ll LEARN at Weber

You’ll learn how politics, warfare, theology, literature, environment and family life have changed throughout the world over time. You can also participate in original research, study abroad, conduct oral histories and work with history scholars.

History is a dynamic course of study that helps students become inventive and capable thinkers, researchers, writers and communicators.

Whether you pursue graduate work, employment, teaching or work at historical sites, the history department has something for you.

Faculty Perspective

Teaching and studying history is really rewarding because it helps us uncover how we got here, and makes us recognize that our social world is not natural, but the result of human choices and decision.

Susan Matt

When I consider some of the exceptional features of the history program here at Weber State, the one thing that really stands out for me is the level of engagement between students and faculty made possible by our small class sizes.

Brady Brower